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Participation & Engagement
Hey everyone,
I hope you've been enjoying playing around with course design on this platform and experimenting with new.p2pu.org. I'd love to hear form all of you how you're approaching or expecting participation to happen in your course/study group.
Are you the expert?
If not, what level of facilitation to you plan to take on?
How do you intend to express your facilitation level to participants?
Also, how long do you plan on working with participants? A few weeks? Many?
We've found that optimal participation in free, peer-led courses lasts about a few weeks and then dies off. This seems to be echoed in many online participatory learning environments as well.
We've learned a lot about this and captured suggestions from previous organizers in the handbook. You can read more: http://wiki.p2pu.org/course-structure
I've set up a Dutch Grammar and Spelling course on the new site: http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/courses/dutch-grammar-and-spelling/.
Based on what I've read so far on the wiki my plan for the course is as follows:
* The course is aimed at people with a basic knowledge of the Dutch language. It's a relatively short course (six weeks).
* The course will be largely unstructured. Participants can pick and choose what topic(s) they want to study. Topics can be studied individually or in small groups.
* The aim of the course is to create an online syllabus. Participants are expected to discuss the topics they've studied in writing (usually a good way to internalise knowledge). Participant are encouraged to find out more about topics studied by others.
* My role as facilitator is to get things going and to keep an eye on the bigger picture (i.e. point out how various topics are related).
My main worry about the course is that half the participants may have disappeared before it has even started. It's for that reason I want participants to pick a subject they're particularly interested in. How much extra time participants spend on the course is entirely up to them. Of course I'd encourage them to read up on other topics but they don't have to.
Any feedback welcome...
I've set up a Dutch Grammar and Spelling course on the new site: http://new.p2pu.org/en-US/courses/dutch-grammar-and-spelling/.
Based on what I've read so far on the wiki my plan for the course is as follows:
* The course is aimed at people with a basic knowledge of the Dutch language. It's a relatively short course (six weeks).
* The course will be largely unstructured. Participants can pick and choose what topic(s) they want to study. Topics can be studied individually or in small groups.
* The aim of the course is to create an online syllabus. Participants are expected to discuss the topics they've studied in writing (usually a good way to internalise knowledge). Participant are encouraged to find out more about topics studied by others.
* My role as facilitator is to get things going and to keep an eye on the bigger picture (i.e. point out how various topics are related).
My main worry about the course is that half the participants may have disappeared before it has even started. It's for that reason I want participants to pick a subject they're particularly interested in. How much extra time participants spend on the course is entirely up to them. Of course I'd encourage them to read up on other topics but they don't have to.
Any feedback welcome...
Are you the expert?
No, I am not the expert but am a quick learner, am motivated, and have years of experience in web development (other languages, though). We do have access to the expert, though :)
If not, what level of facilitation to you plan to take on?
I'm hoping to help encourage people to participate, help answer questions, and point us to more experienced people in the community.
How do you intend to express your facilitation level to participants?
I have drafts of the tasks up and will ask the accepted participants to contribute to the pages. That way, it will cover our various operating systems as well as share lessons learned. I also just updated the "full description" to point out that I'm not an expert in Python or Django and that this is a study group. Hopefully, that helps :)
Also, how long do you plan on working with participants? A few weeks? Many?
The group is officially scheduled for 4 weeks based on what I've seen in other courses as well as what I hope we get through. However, I will continue to hang out in #p2pu-dev on freenode in case people get a little behind and have questions. Plus, there's always the p2pu-dev list for anyone that runs into problems.